Retail giant Walmart is offering a way for people to get rid of any leftover opioids they might have by giving away...
Ibuprofen may be causing infertility in young men, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed a small sample of young men who took...
Doctors are still giving children codeine after common childhood surgeries, even after warnings regarding the dangers of opioids. Researchers say that one...
The state of South Carolina sued Purdue Pharma LP, the manufacturer of opioid OxyContin, last Tuesday. It is the latest local government...
A man in Mishawaka, Indiana killed himself right after shooting a doctor for refusing to prescribe opioids to his wife, according to...
A doctor in Oklahoma who prescribed massive amounts of painkillers to her patients has been charged with five counts of second-degree murder....
The current opioid epidemic sweeping the country has the US Food and Drug Administration nipping at the heels of drug manufacturers. The...
Small yellow pills that look like prescription drugs have been making the rounds in Georgia, leading to dozens of overdoses and at...
In the 1980s, a highly respected physician wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine that out of close to 40,000 patients...
Over-the-counter painkillers, also called NSAIDs or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, may contribute to an incased risk of heart attack, a new study suggests....
Patients experiencing lower back pain should try heat wraps and exercise first, and only take prescription drugs as a last resort, a...
Ibuprofen and naproxen have always been considered by doctors to be the better choice in pain relievers, but a study now suggests...
A national study debunks the theory that acetaminophen — the main ingredient in pain relievers such as Tylenol — worsens asthma conditions...
Pregnant women who take the pain medication acetaminophen — the primary ingredient in Tylenol and other over-the-counter drugs — may be at...
Pain medication has a long history of being used in drug abuse, addiction and overdoses. According to the Denver Post, researchers at...
Japanese police raided Toyota Motor Corp.’s offices in Japan on Tuesday in a move which comes less than a week after the...
In drought-stricken California, drug overdoses are now the leading cause of injury-related death, according to a recently published report by the nonprofit...
Prescription pain killers and tranquilizing benzodiazepines — a class of tranquilizers known as “benzos” which are used to treat anxiety, panic disorders...
As a result of a 2012 federal probe conducted by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), which focused on two of the...